National university

This article is about the generic term. For universities offering doctoral degrees, see research university. For the private National University in San Diego, California, see National University (California).

A national university is generally a university created or run by a government, but which at the same time operates autonomously without direct oversight or control by the state. Some national universities are closely associated with national cultural or political aspirations. For example, the National University of Ireland in the early days of Irish independence collected a large amount of information on the Irish language and Irish culture. In Argentina, the national universities are the result of the 1918 Argentine university revolution and its subsequent reforms, which sought a more equal and secular higher education system without clerical or government influence by bestowing self government on the institutions.

The National University of Colombia, at the Francisco de Paula Santander square.

List of national universities

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Argentina

See List of universities in Argentina.

Australia

• Australian National University

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh National University
• University of Dhaka

Belize

• University of Belize

Cambodia

• Royal University of Phnom Penh

Canada

• Royal Military College of Canada

Sri Lanka

• University of Ceylon

Chile

• University of Chile

Colombia

• National University of Colombia

Costa Rica

• University of Costa Rica

Equatorial Guinea

• National University of Equatorial Guinea

Guyana

• University of Guyana

India

• Indira Gandhi National Open University
• Banaras Hindu University
• University of Delhi
• Tezpur University
• University of Hyderabad

Indonesia

• Syiah Kuala University
• University of North Sumatra
• Andalas University
• Riau University
• Jambi University
• University of Bengkulu
• Srivijaya University
• Bangka Belitung University
• Lampung University
• Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University
• University of Indonesia
• Jakarta Islamic State University
• Bogor Agricultural University
• Bandung Institute of Technology
• Padjadjaran University
• Gadjah Mada University
• Indonesia Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta official site
• Diponegoro University
• Sebelas Maret University official site
• Indonesia Institute of Arts, Surakarta official site
• Airlangga University
• Brawijaya University
• Jember University
• Udayana University official site
• Indonesia Institute of Arts, Denpasar official site
• University of Mataram
• University of Nusa Cendana
• Sam Ratulangi University

Ireland

• National University of Ireland

Japan

• see Japanese national university (87 schools)

Lesotho

• National University of Lesotho

Malaysia

• University of Malaya
• National University of Malaysia

Mongolia

• National University of Mongolia

Mexico

• National Autonomous University of Mexico

Panama

• Universidad Nacional de Panama

Paraguay

• Universidad Nacional de Asuncion
• Universidad Nacional de Concepción
• Universidad Nacional del Este
• Universidad Nacional de Itapúa
• Universidad Nacional de Pilar
• Universidad Nacional de Villarrica

Peru

• National University of San Marcos

Philippines

See also: State university and college (Philippines)

• University of the Philippines

Puerto Rico

• University of Puerto Rico

Saudi Arabia

• King Saud University

Singapore

• National University of Singapore
• Nanyang Technological University

Somalia

• Somali National University

South Korea

See also: List of national universities in South Korea

• Korea National University of Arts
• Seoul National University
• Sunchon National University
• Pusan National University
• Kyungpook National University
• Jeonnam National University
• Chungnam National University
• Chonbuk National University
• Chungbuk National University
• Gyeongsang National University
• Kangwon National University
• Jeju National University
• KAIST

Sri Lanka

• University of Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

Switzerland

• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• ETH Zurich

Taiwan

• National Central University
• National Cheng Kung University
• National Chi Nan University
• National Chiao Tung University
• National Chung Cheng University
• National Chung Hsing University
• National Formosa University
• National Ilan University
• National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
• National Kaohsiung Marine University
• National Kaohsiung Normal University
• National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
• National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism
• National Kinmen Institute of Technology
• National Penghu University
• National Pingtung University of Education
• National Sun Yat-sen University
• National Taichung University
• National Taiwan University
• National Taiwan Ocean University
• National Taiwan University of Arts
• National Tsing Hua University
• National University of Kaohsiung
• National Yang Ming University
• National Yunlin University of Science and Technology

Ukraine

• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
• National Technical University of Ukraine
• National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
• Dnipropetrovsk National University
• National Yaroslav Mudryi Law Academy of Ukraine

United Kingdom

Wales

• University of Wales

United States

See also: Morill Land-Grant Acts and United States federal academies

• United States Military Academy
• United States Naval Academy
• United States Air Force Academy
• United States Coast Guard Academy
• United States Merchant Marine Academy

Vietnam

• Vietnam National University, Hanoi
• Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City

See also

• Polytechnics
• Public university
• University Revolution